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Social Studies Grade 4
1st 9 Week *
1
Unit 01: Lesson
1, Colonial
America – Life
in a New Land
1587-1763 (15
days for the
entire unit)
Lesson 2
TEKS/ELPS
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.2A,
8.2B, 8.3A,
8.3B, 8.3C,
8.7B, 8.7C,
8.10A,
8.10B,
8.10C,
8.11A,
8.11C,
8.12A,
8.12B,
8.12D,
8.20A,
8.23A,
8.23E,
8.25A,
8.25B,
8.29B,
8.30B,
8.30D
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
Focus: /Essential
Questions
Vocabulary:
Columbian Exchange,
Northwest Passage,
Triangular Trade,
Mayflower Compact,
Magna Carta, English
Bill of Rights, Great
Awakening,
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut, House of
Burgesses, cash crop,
ethnic diversity,
majority rule,
mercantilism,
persecution,
representative
government,
subsistence farming,
plantation system,
indentured servant,
Middle Passage
Resources
Why and where did Europeans explore
and colonize the Americas?
What political, economic, religious,
and social reasons led to the
establishment of the British Colonies?
How did religion influence and shape
the British Colonies?
How did geography influence and
shape the British Colonies?
How and why did the British Colonies
develop a system of representative
self-government?
What were the social, political, and
economic characteristics of the three
British Colonial regions?
How and why did the slave labor
system develop in the British
Colonies?
Jarrett
Mastering
The 8th Grade
TEKS
Social Studies Grade 4
Unit 02:
Celebrate
Freedom Week
(5 days for the
entire unit)
8.15A,
8.19A,
8.29B,
8.30D
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
Social Studies Grade 4
– Restlessness
to
Rebellion
1763-1783 (10
days for the
entire unit)
8.1A, 8.1B, 8.1C,
8.4A, 8.4B, 8.4C,
8.15C, 8.19A,
8.20C, 8.21A,
8.22B, 8.23E,
8.26A, 8.26B,
8.29B, 8.29D,
8.29E, 8.30B,
8.30D
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.4A,
8.4B, 8.4C,
8.15C,
8.19A,
8.20C,
8.21A,
8.22B,
8.23E,
8.26A,
8.26B,
8.29B,
8.29D,
8.29E,
8.30B,
8.30D
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
bias, boycott, export,
import, propaganda,
grievance, liberty,
mercantilism, militia,
neutral, Parliament,
petition, repeal,
revenue, revolution,
unalienable/inalienable
rights, minuteman,
Recoat, Sons of Liberty,
Enlightenment,
Continental
Congress, Continental
Army
What are the significant events that
led to the outbreak of the
Revolutionary War?
What are the significant British policies
that led to the outbreak of the
Revolutionary War?
What are the significant economic,
social, and political causes of the
Revolutionary War?
What are the significant religious and
philosophical ideas that led to the
Revolutionary War?
Who are the key individuals that led to
the Revolutionary War? Why are they
important?
What was the purpose of the
Declaration of Independence? What
were its historical roots?
Social Studies Grade 4
The American
Revolution
2nd
9 Week *
Unit 04: Writing
the
Constitution –
Creating a More
Perfect Union
1783-1791 (10
days for the
entire unit)
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
unalienable/inalienable
rights, Declaration of
Independence,
grievance,
confederation, Articles
of Confederation,
patriot, loyalist,
redcoat, militia,
Continental Congress
8.22B,
8.23E,
8.26A,
8.26B,
8.29B,
8.29D,
8.29E,
8.30B,
8.30D
TEKS/ELPS
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.4D,
8.4E, 8.15A,
8.15B,
8.15C,
8.15D,
8.16A,
8.17A,
8.19B,
8.21B,
8.21C,
8.25A,
8.25C,
8.29B,
8.29D,
I Can Statements /
Guiding Questions
What were the key battles of the war,
what were their major details, and
why were they important?
What were the key events of the war,
what were their major details, and
why were they important?
Who were the key individuals and
organizations of the war and why were
they important?
What were the key strengths and
weaknesses of both sides during the
conflict and how did they impact the
war?
What were the key reasons the
Americans were able to win the war
and secure their independence?
Resources
Northwest Ordinance,
Great Compromise, ⅗
Compromise,
Federalist,
Anti­Federalist,
popular sovereignty,
amend, ratify, petition,
due process, Bill of
Rights, limited
government, republic,
checks and balances,
separation of powers,
federal, confederacy,
repeal, New Jersey
What were the strengths and
weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation?
What convinced the Founders that the
US needed a new form of
government?
Who were the significant individuals at
the Constitutional Convention? What
role did they play?
What were the key compromises at
the Constitutional Convention? What
were their basic details?
What kind of governmental system did
the Constitution establish?
1st 9 Week *
Social Studies Grade 4
Unit 05: Early
Republic
–
Addressing
Challenges
1789-1828 (10
days for the
entire unit)
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
8.30B,
8.30D
Plan, Virginia Plan,
bicameral, democracy,
judicial review
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.5A,
8.5B, 8.5C,
8.5D, 8.5E,
8.13A,
8.18A,
8.18B,
8.20B,
8.21A,
8.22A,
8.22B,
8.26B,
8.29B,
8.29D,
8.30B,
8.30D
alien, sedition,
blockade,
administration,
domestic affairs,
foreign affairs,
inaugurate,
nationalism, political
party, precedent, tariff,
French Revolution,
impressment, judicial
review, central bank,
national bank, faction
What are the principles of the
Constitution? How do they influence
the US form of government?
What were the arguments on both
sides during the fight to ratify the
Constitution?
What key individuals and groups were
involved in the ratification debate?
How did the fight for ratification lead
to the Bill of Rights?
What rights were protected by the Bill
of Rights? How do these rights shape
the nation to this day?
What are the causes, effects, and
major details of the foreign policy
issues facing the first three
Presidents? How did they impact
domestic affairs?
What were the causes, effects, and
major details of the conflict between
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton in the early days of the
Republic? How and why did this
conflict shape the politics, society, and
economy of the nation?
What were the issues surrounding the
formation of the National Bank? How
did this mold the nation’s economy?
What role did Washington play in the
new nation? What legacy did his
leadership leave behind?
How did the Louisiana Purchase
impact the future of the United
States?
How and why did Thomas Jefferson
impact the size and scope of the US
federal government during his
Social Studies Grade 4
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
Presidency?
What were the major details of the
Marbury v. Madison decision and how
did it change American government?
Unit 06: Age of
Jackson
–
Democracy
Expands 1820s1830s (10 days
for the entire
unit)
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.5B, 8.5F,
8.5G,
8.17B,
8.18A,
8.21A,
8.23C,
8.29B,
8.29D,
8.30B,
8.30D
assimilation,
central/national bank,
doctrine, Electoral
College, inauguration,
tariff, spoils system,
Whig, nullification,
Trail of Tears
How did the election of Jackson lead
to the spread of democracy? How did
this change American society?
Why did Jackson try to get rid of the
National Bank? What social, economic,
and political impacts did this have?
What issues were at stake with the
Nullification Crisis? What was the
impact of Jackson’s handling of the
conflict?
Why were the Native Americans
driven from their land by Jackson?
How did this impact the tribes who
were relocated? What were the social,
political, and economic issues that
continued to drive the US into
different regions with their own
competing issues? How was this going
to increasingly lead the country
toward Civil War?
Social Studies Grade 4
3rdst 9 Week *
Unit
07:
Westward
Expansion
–
From Sea to
Shining
Sea
1780s-1850s (8
days for the
entire unit)
8.1A, 8.1B, 8.1C,
8.6A, 8.6B, 8.6C,
8.6D, 8.6E,
8.10A, 8.10B,
8.10C, 8.11A,
8.11B,
8.11C, 8.23A,
8.23C, 8.23D,
8.23E, 8.26B,
8.29D, 8.29E,
8.29I, 8.30B,
8.30D
TEKS/ELPS
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.6A,
8.6B, 8.6C,
8.6D, 8.6E,
8.10A,
8.10B,
8.10C,
8.11A,
8.11B,
8.11C,
8.23A,
8.23C,
8.23D,
8.23E,
8.26B,
8.29D,
8.29E,
8.29I,
8.30B,
8.30D
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
I Can Statements /
Guiding Questions
Resources
acquisition,
annexation, emigrant,
civil disobedience,
immigrant, expansion,
Manifest Destiny,
pull/push factors,
Transcontinental
Railroad, Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo,
Gadsden Purchase,
land speculation
What were the roots of Manifest
Destiny? How did it impact the nation?
How did it impact Native Americans?
Why did the US and Mexico go to war?
How did the Mexican Cession change
the United States?
How and why did the US acquire its
territorial expansions in the 19th
century? How did they change the
nation?
How did Westward Expansion change
the United States politically,
economically, and socially?
How did 19th century immigration
change the United States politically,
economically, and socially?
1st 9 Week *
Social Studies Grade 4
Unit 08:
Industrialization
and Reform –
Innovation
Brings
Change1800s1850s (12 days
for the entire
unit)
Unit
09:
Sectionalism –
Growing
Division 1820s1850s (10 days
for the entire
unit)
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.10A,
8.11A,
8.11B,
8.12B,
8.12C,
8.12D,
8.13B,
8.14A,
8.14B,
8.20C,
8.22B,
8.23B,
8.23E,
8.24A,
8.24B,
8.25B,
8.26A,
8.26B,
8.26C,
8.27A,
8.27B,
8.27C,
8.27D,
8.28A,
8.28B,
8.29B,
8.29E,
8.30D
abolition, nativism,
reform, suffrage,
temperance,
transcendentalism,
labor union, Great
Awakening,
Underground
Railroad,
sectionalism
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.7A, 8.7B,
8.7C, 8.7D,
8.10A,
8.10B,
8.11A,
abolish, agrarian,
compromise,
confederate,
conscription,
federal/central,
infrastructure, secede,
How did religion contribute to the
growth of the reform movements?
What role did women play in the
reform movements?
How did the reform movements
transform US society?
How did the abolition movement
contribute to sectionalism?
What role did significant people and
groups play in the start of the Civil
War?
How did sectionalism lead to the start
of the Civil War? What caused
sectionalism?
Social Studies Grade 4
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
states rights,
sectionalism, Dred
Scott Decision, Uncle
Tom’s Cabin, Bleeding
Kansas, secession
8.12A,
8.17B,
8.18A,
8.18C,
8.21A,
8.21C,
8.29B,
8.29I,
8.30B,
8.30D
4th t 9 Week *
TEKS/ELPS
I Can Statements /
Guiding Questions
What significant historical events
contributed to the start of the Civil
War?
What significant governmental policies
contributed to the start of the Civil
War?
What significant political decisions
contributed to the start of the Civil
War?
How did the issue of states rights
contribute to the start of the Civil
War?
How did the issue of slavery contribute
to the start of the Civil War?
What compromises failed to
prevent the Civil War? Why did
they fail?
Resources
Unit 10: Civil
War
–
The
Endangered
Union
18601865 (10 days
for the entire
unit)
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.1C, 8.8A,
8.8B, 8.8C,
8.10A,
8.10C,
8.21A,
8.22A,
8.22B,
8.29B,
8.29D,
8.30B,
8.30D
emancipation, civil
war, Union,
Confederacy,
secession, rebel,
Yankee, Anaconda
Plan, conscription,
Medal of Honor,
blockade, Gettysburg
Address, habeas corpus
Unit
11:
Reconstruction
8.1A, 8.1B,
8.9A, 8.9B,
abolish, assimilation,
What battle began the war? What
battle ended the war? Which battles
were the turning points? Why?
Who were the key leaders and
generals on both sides during the war?
Why were they significant?
What were the strengths and
weaknesses of both sides in the
conflict? Why?
What were the main strategies of both
sides during the war? Why (or why
not) were they successful?
Why was the North able to emerge
victorious from the Civil War?
What role did the Emancipation
Proclamation play in the way the
war turned out?
What were the political causes of
Social Studies Grade 4
–
Rebuilding
the Union 18651877 (10 days
for the entire
unit)
8.9C, 8.9D,
8.16B,
8.21C,
8.29B,
8.30B,
8.30D
Unit 12: Rights
and
Responsibilities
– Life in a
Democracy (10
days for the
entire unit)
8.19A,
8.19B,
8.19C,
8.19D,
8.19E,
8.19F,
8.29B,
8.30B,
8.30D
1st Nine Weeks At a Glance (Week 1-9)
Black Codes, due
process, equal
protection, freedman,
Freedman’s Bureau,
homestead,
sharecropping, Jim
Crow, transcontinental,
Reconstruction, Radical
Reconstruction,
impeach,
transcontinental, Klu
Klux
Klan, Compromise of
1877
Reconstruction? How did it impact the
politics of the United States?
How did Reconstruction impact US
society and its economy?
Why did Jim Crow laws get passed?
How did they impact Southern
society?
Why did Radical Reconstruction occur?
What impact did it have?
Who were the significant people and
groups during Reconstruction? Why
were they significant?
How did the 13th­15th amendments
change the United States?
How did Reconstruction end?
What long-term impact did this
have?
*Dates based on 36 week calendar and are subject to change based on pacing adjustments.